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lentiginous

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[len-tij-uh-nuhs] / lɛnˈtɪdʒ ə nəs /
Also lentiginose

adjective

  1. of or relating to a lentigo.

  2. Botany, Zoology. covered with minute dots; freckled; speckled.

Etymology

Origin of lentiginous

1590–1600; < Latin lentīginōsus freckled, equivalent to lentīgin- (stem of lentīgō ) lentigo + -ōsus -ous

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Marley died the following year as a result of acral lentiginous melanoma, which he had been diagnosed with in 1977.

From BBC • May 11, 2021

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